Failed substation switch caused outage affecting 7,400 Chico PG&E customers
PG&E's failed substation switch near Chico State caused a 30-minute power outage affecting 7,400 customers in central Chico on October 6.
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Thursday, October 8
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Two people suffered minor injuries after a vehicle collision near the Eaton Road roundabout in Chico Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 7, according to the Chico…
Tuesday, October 6
PG&E substation failure cuts power to 7,400 central Chico customers
GrowTech Fest, a 2-day event by ChicoStart, is underway at Sierra Nevada's Big Room where entrepreneurs gain practical advice from keynote speakers, business founders and investors — later shifting downtown for hands-on workshops, a startup pitch showcase and a local founder field trip.
Unplanned power outage hits campus
A major power outage caused by a failed transmission switch at a substation knocked out power to parts of Chico including Chico State, closing the library and canceling events.
Why is power out in downtown Chico? Over 7,400 customers in the dark Tuesday afternoon
An unplanned power outage on October 6 left approximately 7,400 customers without power in downtown Chico for about 30 minutes.
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More than 7,000 customers are without power in Butte County as of 4:25 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, according to PG&E's outage map.The outages were unplanned and affe
Monday, October 5
Wildcat Sports Weekly Preview
Cross Country Chico State Cross Country has two meets this week where they will be splitting up their squads. The ‘A’ squad athletes will be in Eugene, Oregon, at the Bill Dellinger Invitational hosted by the University of Oregon. The rest of the team will be in San Francisco at the SF State Invitational. Friday,…
Oroville Dam river valve outlet rehabilitation complete after nearly a decade
A major rehabilitation project deep inside Oroville Dam is now complete. The ptoject California Department of Water Resources another way to release water from
When drought-level groundwater becomes the plan
ChicoSol runs guest commentary on Mondays. Submit your idea for a commentary to ch**********@***il.com. Deep under the land that raised me, an aquifer flows beneath almond orchards and farmhouses and county roads, beneath small towns and fields and the places where generations of families have built their lives around…
Friday, October 2
Caltrans shifts SR-99 work to nights next week to reduce daytime traffic in Tehama County
Caltrans will conduct overnight paving work next week as part of a $49.1 million rehabilitation project along State Route 99 in Tehama County..
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